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If Nadal wins 1 more FO he would end up higher than Sampras in GOAT debate

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Post by invisiblecoolers Sun 08 Jul 2012, 11:54 pm

With 11 GS titles and having a complete set, R Nadal would end higher in the GOAT debate ahead of Sampras if he atleast win 1 more slam specifically FO.

Lets review it

1]Signature slams
Sampras was Great in Grass and Wimbledon [
Nadal the best in Clay and Great in FO.
[Nadal scores 2]

2]Opponents best slam comparison
Sampras was a mug in FO [when compared with legend on FO]
Nadal has an impressive Wimbledon record with 2 wins and 3 finals.
[Nadal Scores 2]

3]Other slams
Sampras Great in USO and not bad in AO
Nadal still not a mug in USO with 1 title and 1 title in AO.
[Sampras scores 1 [personally I would just give 1 considering Nadal didn't have a bad cv on other courts]

4]No.1 ranking
Sampras will end up as the 2nd best
Rafa not bad again having a decent run at no.1 ranking
[Sampras 2]

5]Rivals h2h

Sampras has negative h2h against many weak players
Nadal very few

[Nadal scores 1]

6]GS counts
Sampras 14
Nadal 11

[Sampras scores 1]

7]ATP Masters
Nadal the leader almost twice of Sampras and career not over yet
Sampras certainly not bad at 11

[Nadal scores 2]

8]WTF
Sampras is impressive at 5
Nadal pretty laid back with just 1 final appearance

[Sampras scores 2]

9]Olympic
Nadal has gold
Sampras none
[Nadal scores 1]

10]Year end No.1 finishes
Sampras has 6
Nadal has 2

[Sampras scores 2]

Nadal - Pete in view tied at 8-8, but right now I would give the edge to Sampras since he has 7 wins in his signature slams and hence if Rafa wins 1 more FO he would end up higher than Pete thumbsup

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Post by Henman Bill Sun 08 Jul 2012, 11:59 pm

Pete has loads more weeks and years at #1 in his favour.

Rafa has all 4 slams in his favour, vs only 3 for Pete.

So I think it's fair to judge it on the overall slam total. If Rafa retires on 13, I would tend to put Pete ahead. If Rafa retires on 14, I would tend to put Rafa ahead with Sampras never in a Fo final.

One more FO is not going to make a huge difference.

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Post by Guest Mon 09 Jul 2012, 12:07 am

Chalk versus Cheese

Lets review it
1]Edibility
[Cheese scores 2]

2]Legibility
[Chalk scores 2]

3]Serve
[Cheese scores 2]

4]Youngs moduli
[Chalk scores 2]

5]Endurance
[Chalk scores 2]

Result: Chalk 6 Cheese 4
Chalk wins clap

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Post by invisiblecoolers Mon 09 Jul 2012, 12:09 am

Well HB still some Sampras maniac think Sampras is the GOAT , so an argument presented in their way, just to let them know Sampras 2nd place is in bother. thumbsup

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Post by invisiblecoolers Mon 09 Jul 2012, 12:10 am

@ NS , gr8 clap Yahoo , congrats to Chalk.

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Post by gboycottnut Mon 09 Jul 2012, 1:26 am

Even if Nadal wins 5 more French Opens, he still won't be seen as the better grass court player out of himself and Lukas Rosol.

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Post by invisiblecoolers Mon 09 Jul 2012, 1:48 am

gboycottnut wrote:Even if Nadal wins 5 more French Opens, he still won't be seen as the better grass court player out of himself and Lukas Rosol.
Very Happy Very Happy good one gboy laughing Hug

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Post by bogbrush Mon 09 Jul 2012, 9:26 am

On a technical level I'm finding it difficult to dispute the OP's contention.

I think the issue we may have is that we are far more familiar with Pete being successful (grass and all that). It would be interesting to get European perspective. The French may not even remember who Pete was!
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Post by lydian Mon 09 Jul 2012, 10:33 am

gboycottnut wrote:Even if Nadal wins 5 more French Opens, he still won't be seen as the better grass court player out of himself and Lukas Rosol.
You can bet Nadal would love to get Rosol at next years Wimbledon....
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Post by gboycottnut Mon 09 Jul 2012, 11:06 am

lydian wrote:
gboycottnut wrote:Even if Nadal wins 5 more French Opens, he still won't be seen as the better grass court player out of himself and Lukas Rosol.
You can bet Nadal would love to get Rosol at next years Wimbledon....

I'm sure Rosol would love that as well so that he can get another win over his favourite tennis opponent.

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Post by lydian Mon 09 Jul 2012, 11:08 am

Dream on gboycott...Rosol will never play that level of tennis again in his life. It was a one off, a one-hit wonder.
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Post by reckoner Mon 09 Jul 2012, 11:16 am

lydian wrote:Dream on gboycott...Rosol will never play that level of tennis again in his life. It was a one off, a one-hit wonder.

Can't really say that for sure - it is entirely possible that Rosol will play like that again.

What can be said with 100% certainty is that Rosol will never be able spring that kind of surprise on anyone again. Other players will make it their business to be well prepared to face him if they see his name in the draw.

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